United Australia – where might their vote come from?
Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is running a big campaign in this federal election, with a big-budget national advertising campaign. It's hard to know...
Plan out your vote with this how-to-vote tool
We've now got one more week before election day and a few people have been asking me for advice about how to plan out...
Federal 2019 – the race in Melbourne
There are 25 federal electorates in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Labor won 16 of these seats in 2016, with the Liberal Party winning eight...
Federal 2019 – the race in Sydney
There are 29 federal electorates in the greater Sydney region (including the Central Coast and Blue Mountains) - it's the most populous region in...
Podcast #25 – Pre-poll and the federal campaign in NSW
Ben was joined by Rodney Smith from the University of Sydney to discuss the surge in pre-poll voting and the key races in New...
Federal 2019 – the race in Western Australia
Western Australia has sixteen seats in the House of Representatives, and these seats strongly favour the Liberal Party. Labor holds five seats, while the...
Federal 2019 – the race in South-East Queensland
19There are twenty seats in south-east Queensland, stretching from the Gold Coast in the south to the Sunshine Coast in the north.
South-East Queensland currently...
Disendorsements again and again
One of the surprising dynamics of the last week has been the large number of candidates who have been disendorsed by their party.
From last...
Pre-poll stats update
One of the developing stories this week has been the continuing increase in pre-poll voting at this year's election. The AEC publishes daily updates...
Can you get elected from below the line?
2016 was a good year for candidates overcoming their party's Senate ballot order. We saw Tasmanian Labor senator Lisa Singh win re-election as one...